most of the modern kitchens around the world is equipped with electric chimney to expel out kitchens fume and cooking smoke during the course of time the oil gets accumulated within the chimney filters though it would be easy for guys who use replaceable filters, but most of the people use a chimney with baffle filters which can be reused again and again by degreasing it, but de-greasing baffle filters is not a common man's task, to completely pristine remove the grease from chimney its easy but require to use of chemical.
We use generous amount of Oil and ghee for cooking this was making our chimney to get fully greased almost every month but paying for degreasing baffle filters was costing too much since the service guy was taking 500rs for 30mins job.
When i watched the cleaning work it was fairly simple the service guy would put baffle filters in a plastic tray and put a handful of white crystalline powder on the filter and just pour boiling hot water thats it a crackling sound, smoke and strange reaction occur for about a minute bingo when he remove filters from tray it looks as if new leaving all the dirt, oil/ grease in the tray.
So what is the chemical/powder used to degrease the chimneys?
I asked service guy what is the name of the powder he refused to say and told me that its is highly dangerous and proprietary and is given to them by the chimney company and he was our regular chimney service guy but this time this guy was not able to come and sent his colleague
when i asked the same question he was very quick in revealing the name of that "Secret powder"! at-last i came to know the magic behind the cleaning :)
The magic powder is called "Caustic Soda" also known as Sodium hydroxide or Lye which we can get in local grocery stores, remove the mesh from the chimney put it in a plastic tray or container and put handful of caustic soda on chimney and pour hot water and just keep it only for 2-3 minutes and remove it. Please be careful and do not touch with hand at all. Put gloves and use then remove filters it should be grease free.
Warning: You should be careful while using Caustic soda aka lye it is highly corrosive if used it in wrong way or pouring hot water directly on it or inhaling the fumes and not using gloves and goggles is highly dangerous so if you are not sure on how to use it use at your OWN RISK, better leave it professionals if you are not sure what you are doing.
We use generous amount of Oil and ghee for cooking this was making our chimney to get fully greased almost every month but paying for degreasing baffle filters was costing too much since the service guy was taking 500rs for 30mins job.When i watched the cleaning work it was fairly simple the service guy would put baffle filters in a plastic tray and put a handful of white crystalline powder on the filter and just pour boiling hot water thats it a crackling sound, smoke and strange reaction occur for about a minute bingo when he remove filters from tray it looks as if new leaving all the dirt, oil/ grease in the tray.
So what is the chemical/powder used to degrease the chimneys?
I asked service guy what is the name of the powder he refused to say and told me that its is highly dangerous and proprietary and is given to them by the chimney company and he was our regular chimney service guy but this time this guy was not able to come and sent his colleague
when i asked the same question he was very quick in revealing the name of that "Secret powder"! at-last i came to know the magic behind the cleaning :)The magic powder is called "Caustic Soda" also known as Sodium hydroxide or Lye which we can get in local grocery stores, remove the mesh from the chimney put it in a plastic tray or container and put handful of caustic soda on chimney and pour hot water and just keep it only for 2-3 minutes and remove it. Please be careful and do not touch with hand at all. Put gloves and use then remove filters it should be grease free.
Warning: You should be careful while using Caustic soda aka lye it is highly corrosive if used it in wrong way or pouring hot water directly on it or inhaling the fumes and not using gloves and goggles is highly dangerous so if you are not sure on how to use it use at your OWN RISK, better leave it professionals if you are not sure what you are doing.
10 comments:
Yes, this is the technique for de-greasing. But if the object to be de-greased is painted the paint also gets removed.Caustic soda may not be available in grocery store as suggested. It is available with a chemicals supplier.
K.Sivasankaram
yup its right
Dear friend, it really works well
thank u
V.Manimozhi
it is available in hardware shop 65 rs half kg and remove all oil and grease from steel. very help ful. use it with care with gloves.
Safety precautions are must .
Has anyone tried ordinary washing soda (sodium carbonate)? It is definitely safer and might work the same way as caustic soda.
washing soda is not so effective
caustic soda not only corrosive but abrasive also. It eat away even metals if it is in contact for more time. Adhere utmost safety while handling this.
Thanks for sharing this useful information. I will try it at home and share my experience.
Great info.. in fact i felt miserly to spend the 400 bucks just to clean the chimney, as the hobs are cleaned every day ....
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